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IT HAPPENED IN 1954:Elvis Presley's first single was released by Sun Records. It was "That's All Right (Mama)" backed by "Blue Moon of Kentucky." Both songs were hits in Memphis.
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JULY 19

1954: Elvis Presley’s first single was released by Sun Records. It was “That’s All Right (Mama)” backed by “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” Both songs were hits in Memphis.

1966: Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow got married. He was 51, she was 21

1980: David Bowie made his stage debut in the Denver production of “The Elephant Man.”

1995: La Toya Jackson filed for bankruptcy, blaming her money troubles on a judgment against her after she cut short an engagement at the Moulin Rouge in Paris.